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You remember when you were a kid and Christmas seemed to take forever. My mom use to use that old tried and true way to get me and my brother to behave through the year: “Boys, Santa is watching and Christmas is just (fill in the blank) away!” Well the older I got the shorter…

It is said that St. Anthony warned the believers with “A time is coming when people will go mad and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, “You are mad, you are not like us.”

I was reading a seventh grade public school exam from many decades ago and was struck with the level of language, grammar, and difficulty of the exam. It was very sophisticated and I struggled to “pass!”

There’s a famous hamburger restaurant out West called In-N-Out Burger. All the natives out that way swore it was the best hamburger joint in the world. Well, I tried it when I was out that way and my verdict: Eeh, it was OK. But the name, great name signifying quick food for inside or take…

You’ve met them. They are the ones who always seem to have a criticism of how things are going AND they don’t jump in to assist, they just want to complain. Truth be told, I’ve caught myself doing the same thing. Isn’t it amazing how much insight into a problem you can have and feel…

  While I understand the immediate discomfort some have when they hear language like this, may I ask your indulgence (big smile here!) in seeing beyond an initial, emotional response, and consider the thoughts written here. You may discover some edification for your own Christian maturity. Just give it a fair chance, is all I…

That’s what my doctor tells me about my range of motion. I remember a few years ago him telling me that the Latin word for “live” literally means “to move” so he told me if I wanted to live I had to MOVE! Ok,OK, I hear you. He went on to tell me one of…